Hi all.
--- On Thu, 12/10/09, Rex Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu wrote:
Installed Fedora 12 on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop,
dual-boot with Windows
XP. I want to use a different resolution than
what KDE comes up with by
default (default is ~1900x~1200, I want
1280x800). However, the KDE tool
for changing resolution doesn't appear to do
anything. I googled around,
and found suggestions for using xrandr; that attempts
to change the
resolution, but the only working, usable resolution
with this method
appears to be the default. The desired
resolution works under Windows XP.
Any suggestions?
(As root): $ yum install system-config-display $ system-config-display
Thank you for the suggestion. I installed system-config-display, and after running it, if I use the KDE tool to change the resolution, it now attempts to do so. Unfortunately, I get the same results as I got with xrandr; most of the resolutions just give me a black screen. If I use system-config-display to change the resolution, I also get the same result, with the added problem of having to boot single-user to delete the xorg.conf file to get the display back.